2020 General Election: Difference between revisions

This election will be the 18th general election in Singapore and the 13th since independence. The ruling [[People's Action Party]] will attempt to secure their 15th consecutive term in government since 1959.

==Background==

According to Article 65(4) of the [[Constitution of Singapore|Constitution]], the maximum term of any given [[Parliament of Singapore|Parliament]] is five years from the date of its first sitting following a general election, after which it is dissolved by operation of law. However, the [[Prime Minister of Singapore|Prime Minister]] may advise the [[President of Singapore|President]] to dissolve Parliament at any time during the five-year period.<ref>{{Cite web|last=ELD|title=Singapore Elections Department - Parliamentary Elections|url=http://www.eld.gov.sg/elections_parliamentary.html|access-date=2018-03-04|website=eld.gov.sg|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=F|first=Kathleen.|date=7 November 2018|title=Singapore's GE13 could be held in 2019, say PM Lee|url=https://www.theonlinecitizen.com/2018/11/07/singapores-ge13-could-be-held-in-2019-say-pm-lee/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190412034806/https://www.theonlinecitizen.com/2018/11/07/singapores-ge13-could-be-held-in-2019-say-pm-lee/|archive-date=12 April 2019|access-date=1 January 2019|website=The Online Citizen|language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=7 November 2018|title=Singapore General Election in 2019 ‘Always Possible,’ Lee Says|url=https://www.msn.com/en-sg/news/world/singapore-general-election-in-2019-%E2%80%98always-possible%E2%80%99-lee-says/ar-BBPqMvU|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190102050500/https://www.msn.com/en-sg/news/world/singapore-general-election-in-2019-%E2%80%98always-possible%E2%80%99-lee-says/ar-BBPqMvU|archive-date=2 January 2019|access-date=1 January 2019|website=MSN|language=en-SG}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Stolarchuk|first=Jewel|date=7 July 2018|title=GE2019? Elections Department begins training 30,000 public servants to serve as election officials|url=http://theindependent.sg/ge2019-elections-department-begins-training-30000-public-servants-to-serve-as-election-officials/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190416211841/http://theindependent.sg/ge2019-elections-department-begins-training-30000-public-servants-to-serve-as-election-officials/|archive-date=16 April 2019|access-date=1 January 2019|website=The Independent|language=en-US}}</ref> A [[General elections in Singapore|general election]] must be held within three months after every dissolution of Parliament. Elections are conducted by the [[Elections Department]] (ELD), which is under the [[Prime Minister's Office (Singapore)|Prime Minister's Office]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Singapore Elections Department - About Us|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170809053747/http://www.eld.gov.sg/about.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=|archive-date=9 August 2017|access-date=4 March 2018|website=eld.gov.sg|language=en}}</ref>